A suspect on a bike was recorded on surveillance video stealing a pair of pricey sneakers outside a Pembroke Pines mosque as worshipers prayed there this week. Faria Mohamed, whose brother’s shoes were nabbed, and mosque leader Shaikh Shafayat Mohamed spoke about the incident. (Published Friday, Oct. 4, 2013)

A suspect on a bike was recorded on surveillance video stealing a pair of pricey sneakers outside a Pembroke Pines mosque as worshipers prayed there this week.

Faria Mohamed said her brother Khizr placed his $150 Nike Air Jordans on a shoe rack outside the Darul Uloom Institute at 7050 Pines Blvd. Tuesday night. Muslims remove shoes, which are considered unclean, before entering a mosque.

But when Khizr Mohamed returned from praying, his sneakers were gone.

"At that point he thought it was a friend or my other brother probably did a prank on him,” Mohamed said.

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Spiritual leaders from the mosque say that in just a few months, there have been several pairs of shoes stolen from the mosque – and now many worshippers are wearing slippers so they won’t fall victim.

"I mean, it means we have really gone to the dogs, when people can steal shoes to sell shoes,” Mohamed said.